Who here remembers when it was released? The hype was so insane that it felt like a literal national holiday. There was no phenomenon like it since.
I do.It was pretty sweet, dude.
>>214485813bump
>>214485813watch the RLM reviews
>>214486134Why? Don't they just shit on it for being an actually good movie?
>>214485813It's got its issues, but it was fucking perfect for 12 yo me. SW was and always should've been epic space fantasy for young boys.
>>214486134I will never understand why they're shilled so heavily here. They're just a few guys with an internet show, what exactly makes them an authority?
>>214485813it was amazing, i was maybe 15 or something, my pop took my bros and i to watch it. it remains my favorite of the prequels.>STOP NOW, COME BACK! I LOVE YOU!>LIAR!!! YOU'RE WITH HIM! YOU BROUGHT HIM HERE TO KILL ME!>YOU TURNED HER AGAINST ME!!!>YOU HAVE DONE THAT YOURSELF!he's just me
>>214485813I watched it in theaters and remember everyone enjoying it. The general consensus was it was better than the second film.With the luxury of time I can look back at all the films and I realize they are all excellent. Lucas had a grand vision and he made it a reality.All six films are great is my point.
>>214485813Still the most hype midnight release I ever went to. The energy was unlike anything since. Half the crowd had lightsabers they brought in. There was some sort of trivia contest and I knew every answer but I was too embarrassed to speak up because I was 14 and a sperg. What elevated the experience was the expectation that this truly was the final Star Wars. There weren’t any significant rumors of a sequel trilogy and most figured George would hang it up after ROTS because he wouldn’t want to face an onslaught of criticism again. Many people knew deep down this would be the final true Star Wars film. Seeing how TFA turned out vindicated that feeling.
>>214486214They're jews
>>214487566They all have goyish names
>>214485813I was only 5 and living in South America back then and even I remember it, seeing billboard ads with Darth Vader on them is a pretty strong memory I still have.
>>214485813I watch all the prequels movies in the theaters as a kid, even as a 3rd worlder kid, some people went to see it dress as darth, they were pretty mid except for that last battle the last battle in episode 1 and some parts of episode 1 were pretty cool, but you are right man the hype the people going to see because it was the last one the videogames the merch the toys everything theres some magic to that, now a days you dont even have a avengers videogame and the toys arent that good, they were even lord of the rings toys rhey even had wow toys
>>214485813I was 11 and I remember literally falling asleep in the theater. I was absolutely not the type of kid to nap so I was shocked. What a piece of shit.
>>214487771GOOD MORNING SAAR
>>214485813Imagine being a grown man and smiling for star wars
>>214485813i dont really because i was starting college. i think i pirated it at the time and meh. i really only know the phantom menace and the clone wars, which were released when i was in highschool. i watched all 3 recently and my nostalgia stops there mostly, with relatively little remembered about pt 3. i do remember the yoda burger, because i was in tha big city for the first time and they had fast food slop everywhere, whereas my hometown didn't even have a mcdonalds
>>214485813I remember playing the video game before the movie even came out and it had the more based alternate ending where anakin kills obi-wan and palpatine to rule the galaxy
>>214485813Wasn't for me. Super Shadow lies aside, the insider stuff came French sources. Saw the burnt Anakin and the notes Lucas had written for episode 3 tie in novelization.
>>214487973*from French sources
Went to see it with my bro. He thought it sucked, I thought it was ok, but I was like 12. Now I also think it sucks ass lmao
>>214485813May 2005
>>214485813No little zoomzoom, that is not what happened. Two awful movies did not make anyone particularly excited for one that was marginally less terrible but still sucked. I'll bet your "recollection" of ep II is the same too lmao.
>>214488561You're lying.
>>214485813>There was no phenomenon like it sinceThe Force Awakens was much bigger.
>>214488639
>>214488545god damn look how much money there still was left in the country
>>2144886592 billions vs 800 millions
>>214487771those lotr toy figures were awesome
I watched it the day it came out. I wasn't a huge fan of TPM and AOTC as a kid, but I loved it. The movie and the novelization were the first films/books to have a profound impact on me. It inspired me to be a creative. Yeah, the prequels aren't perfect, but I enjoy them and I still adore ROTS. Playing Battlefront 2 and the movie game were also fantastic. I only wish they made Anakin a light side hero.
>>214485813i remember watching it in the theater and my dad was annoyed because they kept talking instead of fighting then when it was finally over i puked outside because i ate too much junk
>>214488690Retards don't count sweaty
Say it
>>214488676We were filled with optimism.
>>214488659There was a ton of hype for TFA, even months before the movie was in theaters there was so much news and speculation.This was followed by immediate delusion, then disillusionment, then disappointment.
>>214485813i still remember going with all of my friends in my moms minivan, it was a huge moment for all of us. we were all huge star wars nerds
I went with my mom when I was a kid and she had to confront the stupid neckbeard behind her that kept kicking her seat.When we got home my mom explained to my dad it's the movie where Anakin goes bad and he's like why didn't he think twice and she was like nah man too late he killed some kids
>>214486134>Let others think for yourselfYou're worth less than a cockroach. A cockroach has more agency.
>>214489266Faggot race traitor hippie sellout hack. There, I said it. Star Wars is for braindead manchildren, faggots, troons and browns.
>>214485813I remember everyone online clowning on it for how retarded it was especially the nooooooo scene, and the Chinese cam that leaked with Engrish subtitles was a riot, I didn't bother to go see it in the theatre because it was shit.
>>214489266Okay. Fuck George Lucas. The prequels are shit and always will be. Redlettermedia was right about everything.
>>214489890Calm down Mike
>>214489571Yeah, I never got the hype for ROTS. It has a lot of the same problems as AOTC (ridiculous dialogue, wooden Anakin and Padme) and the fight scenes with Palpatine and Grievous are really clunky.If anything, the best prequel is probably TPM. Just a solid little adventure story, even if Jar Jar is annoying.
>>214485813I was two weeks shy of eleven when it came out. I saw all three of the prequels in the theater when they came out. This is the only one that left me feeling disappointed. Emotionally and narratively it's the worst of the prequels, and I would even go as far as to say that it's the only bad Star Wars film that George Lucas made. It's both goofier and campier than the Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones and also excessively dark as a way to suffice for the lack of actual depth. For the first and only time in George Lucas's saga, the characters and events feel like they're only happening to bring about a certain end. People aren't acting like people. Anakin seems to have had some sort of lobotomy. He acts like his IQ is in the double digits. He doesn't even seem as upset as he did in Attack of the Clones, just stupider.Attack of the Clones is basically a perfect Star Wars movie with the exception of some underdeveloped dialogue, but the dialogue in that film isn't nearly as much as a problem as it is with this film. I walked out of the theater believing that I had seen the best Star Wars film, but deep, deep down, I was disappointed. The fact that people hate Attack of the Clones and love this one is actually embarrassing. I think that people were just ready to like Star Wars again at this point no matter what it is and have decided to double down on their collective taker for twenty years. Even the lightsaber fights are boring despite how many of them they are. When you saw Yoda take out his lightsaber in Attack of the Clones, it was almost symphonic, like everything that had happened up to that point was getting you in a place mentally where you'd go with it. The duel is symphonically spaced out, and that's following the arena battle and the outbreak of the Clone Wars, so it kind of earns it. Revenge of the Sith is oversaturated with over the top lightsaber duels that aren't even that interesting.
>>214485813Imma be honest I was 11 or something and the >we were like brothers!bit is the only time I’ve ever cried at a movie like some womyn
>>214490581Attack of the Clones has almost no issues. The ones it does have are far worse in the Phantom Menace and Revenge of the Sith. It's the most hated because it had the lest amount of fanfare due to being in the middle of the trilogy.
It's overly gratuitous. It shows you stuff that you didn't need to see and leaves out stuff that you did need to see. The duel between Anakin and Obi Wan feels weirdly anti climactic, and it follows no actual story. There's no point where I feel as invested as I did watching an exhausted Qui Gon battle Darth Maul while Obi Wan watches, unable to intervene, or watching Anakin and Obi Wan both go up against Tyrannus while the other one lies injured. There's just nothing like that in any of those five lightsaber duels. Ironically, the most intense lightsaber duel in that movie is the one with the worst choreography, that being the one in Palpatine's throne room.
>>214489890It's weird seeing Finn holding a blue lightsaber on the cover of the Force Awakens being that he basically turned out to be the Jar Jar of the trilogy.
>>214490649Based. The final fight was unbridled emotionally powerful kino.
>>214487566>stoklasa>goy namepalpatine pls
>>2144886902 billion and forever in the red lmao>>214489266i'm sorry the manchildren and jews forced you to sell
>>214487808Peruvian, sorry for the horrible writing i have
>>214490614>>214490655based fellow clones enjoyersi don't get how people think phantom menace is better when all it has going for it is podracing and darth maul, clones is a superior story all around
Anyone who isn’t a zoomer remembers TPM had way more hype than ROTS. Even TFA had more hype. By the time ROTS came out, a lot of people were already soured on the prequels, good word of mouth helped, but expectations were lower going in.
>>214491568tpm had a metric fuckton more marketing is why the hype was biggerbut each of the prequels had a fair amount of hype towards themtpm - star wars is back and darth maulclones - jango/boba fett and yoda fightingsith - anakin becomes vader
I know about the Phantom Menace hype was unreal. And the Revenge of the Sith hype was also huge,was there no fanfare for Attack of the Clones?How did they even recover from releasing the worst movie ever made to build hype for the third one after no one liked the first one either?
>>214485813you're fairly youngerthey hype was way lower than phantom menace
>>214485813There will never be another cinematic experience like George Lucas's Star Wars movies ever again...and this was the finale. And it was beautiful.
>>214491568Revenge had a ton of hype. All three of the prequels did. I was five when the Phantom Menace came out so I don't have as good a reference on that, but Revenge had a ridiculous amount of hype.
>>214493264What was bad about Attack of the Clones that the Phantom Menace and Revenge of the Sith didn't do worse?
>>214485813I got my first (and only) speeding ticket driving to the opening night showing. I remember saying to my friends when we were walking out that it was maybe the best movie I'd ever seen. Gods, I was retarded then
>>214485813I saw it in theaters. It was absolutely crazy.>>214486134I have. Mike blatantly lies or misrepresents things. He should stick to Star Trek and Marvel slop.
>>214493335It wasn't "way lower."
>>214485813phantom menace was like 5x bigger
>>214493264the big media push for Attack of the Clones was that it was going to be this dark and adult apology to Star Wars fans for Phantom Menace. Then you went and it's even worse.
>>214494161In what way is it worse? There's really nothing wrong with it aside from the dialogue, which Phantom and Revenge are way worse at. I think people are just embarrassed to admit that they don't like it because it has less lightsaber fights. The last hour and a half of that film is some of the best Star Wars I've ever seen.
>>214485813It was a whimper compared to the buildup to Phantom Menace. Clone Wars kinda sucked and everyone was meh about the third installment. You were just 11 OP.
>>214494220I don't really remember, just didn't like anything as opposed to at least liking the score and the sets and stuff in Phantom Menace.
>>214485813My dad saw it at midnight the day it was released. Then he took me to see it that afternoon after school. Good times.
>>214494137The world would have fucking ended if that were the case. The hype for Revenge of the Sith was insane.
>>214494781Saying it was even two times bigger than Revenge of the Sith would have been a stretch, I don't know why you've chosen to die on this hill.
>>214489541mindbroken
The moment you saw that mask come down in-between scenes of his suit being placed on and intercut with the births of Luke and Leia, and you see it slide into place with that mournful low cello playing Vader's theme. And then you get that last whine of machinery before that brief pause. Before you hear that haunting hiss of breath literally FILL your eardrums on the inhale and see the billow of smoke float away upon the exhale. The platform rising up as Vader appears before you in the suit for the first time and stares into the camera. Holy fuck, I can still feel those goosebumps...
>>214495371I was five. Like I said, it may have been bigger, but given the hype around Revenge of the Sith, it was not "five times bigger." That's ridiculous. Even saying it was two times bigger is a ridiculous stretch. Just say it was bigger. It's still not entirely believable, but it's at least within the realm of possibility.
>>214487926disney needs to do a what-if movie and show anakin actually fixing the galaxy, hayden is the perfect age for it
>>214486134You tears are delicious, RLMfag.
If I remember I was dressed up like Darth Vader. 9 years old and I stood in line like 3 hours
>>214496099I saw the Phantom Menace in the theater three times, which I can remember clearly. I said I might not have the best perspective on the fanfare around that film given my age, but with how big Revenge of the Sith was, the Phantom Menace basically couldn't have been five times bigger as you're saying, or even twice as big. Maybe it was bigger, which I still doubt, but if you're going to say that the hype for Revenge of the Sith pales in comparison to Phantom, you're wrong.
>>214491307Why? Because there was lava? Return of the Jedi's duel was far more intense. I always felt let down by the duel between Anakin and Obi Wan in Revenge.
>>214496438I didn't say it wasn't bigger. You're now backtracking and acting like we were arguing about whether the Phantom Menace had more hype than Revenge of the Sith, which I've always said might be true. You were acting like it was massively bigger and that Revenge of the Sith paled in comparison, which it didn't. Revenge of the Sith had an absurd amount of hype.
>>214496562Revenge did come pretty close.
>>214496438Calm down Mike
>>214489890The Force Awakens are just a an Episode 4 repeatThe Last Jedi is the worst movie ever madeNever watched The Rise of Skywalker, never will.
>>214496526>You were acting like it was massively bigger and that Revenge of the Sith paled in comparisonI was about to turn 10 late in 1999 and remember getting pic related with my breakfast cereals that whole summer before Phantom Menace was released and seeing and reading a shit ton and being hyped as fuck because I loved Star Wars more than anything else at the time.I don't know if I even heard about Revenge of the Sith until my dad bought the DVD when it was released. I don't know if it was because I was older, had become more interested in LOTR, was too busy with sports and music by or that there wasn't that much hype.
>>214485813>Who here remembers when it was released?As someone who was an actual fucking ADULT at that time, no, it was NOT. The hype was far bigger for Eps 1 & 2, both of which were HUGE letdowns. Each film had a smaller and smaller merchandise presence compared to the previous film after E1. After it can out, it fizzled pretty fast and only the diehards gave a shit. It was a shitty film.
>>214488639This>>214488659WrongTFA is shit, but the hype was off the charts, maybe bigger than E1. Some of you faggots cannot separate your love of your slop vs what actual expectations were before they opened.
>>214489266>Say itKATHLEEN KENNEDY DESTROYED YOUR LEGACY BECAUSE YOU CHOSE HER!!!!!
>>214492079>tpm had a metric fuckton more marketing is why the hype was bigger>HURRRR TOTALLY NOT BECAUSE PEOPLE LOVED STAR WARS AND IT WAS BACK HURRRRR
>>214495614SANDWICHED BETWEEN:>Um, sorry your mom's dead, she, uh, well, her "Will" meter ran out or some such shit">Wait, what? Code Blue? What's that? Naw man, she like DEAD and sheeit. Why would we try to change that? She's only former royalty. CPR? Which droid is he?and>NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!The entire PT is dogshit because nobody had the balls to tell George when he had a bad idea.
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>>214485813I think I was 9-10 and I don't remember any of my classmates being excited or even really talking about it after. Gen-X franchise.
>>214485813TPM hype was orders of magnitude greater. When Sith came out I remember some news segments ran a quick piece on how the reviews were saying it wasn't all that bad. People were extremely fatigued by and wary of the previous two.
>>214485813A high school friend gave me an extra ticket he had for it. Begging my parents, I was allowed to go watch it alone. I felt like the only teen in the tri-state area who had actually got to watch it.
>>214487745>I was only 5 and living in South America back then and even I remember it, seeing billboard ads with Darth Vader on them is a pretty strong memory I still have.Even in anticipation of The Force Awakens I remember a lifesized Darth Vader cutout in a Waffle House. Y'know a character that isn't gonna show up in that movie.
>>214499125>I was mocked by the police after leaving tfa midnight opening. In retrospect they were right to do it.Context?
>>214499544Police were on high alert for drive-by spoilering so they all had to work shifts when they otherwise would've been home in bed.
>>214490710>It shows you stuff that you didn't need to see and leaves out stuff that you did need to see.What did we need to see that it failed to show us?
>>214486102>>214485813>The hype was so insane that it felt like a literal national holiday...for The Phantom Menace>>214490581>Yeah, I never got the hype for ROTS. It has a lot of the same problems as AOTCCompletely agree. Lots of small but annoying things like the cartoonish voices added to the battle droids. The further cartoonish performance of General Grevious... totally deflating expectations established by the clone wars mini series aried on CN.
>>214486134>watch the RLM reviewsKYS faggot. >>214485813>The hype was so insane that it felt like a literal national holiday.the hype was real and the film was enjoyed by critics and fans a like.
>>214488690>What is inflation?
>>214489266He still sold it to Disney + personally appointed Kathleen Kennedy to be his successor. It's still his fault.
>>214485813There was 0 hype because the other 2 were so bad. >>214486134Lol
>>214485813old man here. you're making shit up
>>214485813Went to the midnight premiere in 2005 and spent the time waiting in line a few hours before the showing by drawing up blueprints for a plumbing hardware saber that could work as a functional prop. Took about four years afterward picking up parts here and there until it was finished. Still have a duffle bag full of spare parts that could probably build two or three more similar designs.
>>214499816>Revenge of the Sith wasn't a big deal because... it just wasn't, okay?!In all seriousness, why?
>>214499884You probably weren't alive then because otherwise you'd know that there was an insane amount of hype for Return of the Jedi. It's like you're only trying to convince people who, like you, either weren't alive then or were too young to remember it. It's very strange.
>>214486134Watch the truth nukes
>>214486134Plinkett ethered these shit movies 15 years ago and this website is still seething
>>214489890It's more like the Sequels were mediocre movies with no soul or passion, they were cash cows written by suits.Whereas the Prequels were terrible movies (except 3) with tons of soul and passion behind them. They were unique.
>>214499703You deserve it. That movie was shit.
>>214485813I saw it with my brother and friend when I was 12 or whatever, saw it with my dad. I loved it. My brother and I would practice lightsabre moves all the time.I also saw it with him again at the rerelease this year. All I could think of what the memes the entire time lol. It is still a cultural phenomenon.
TPM had bigger hype.
I ate a 40oz steak and then got in line at 5pm for the midnight showing. Our group was the third group in line
>>214501201>pretending you aren't mad as heckLOL. LMAO even.
>>214502378nigger
>>214488639You were not alive during ROTS if you think this.
>>214489266He finally has a neck. There. Are you happy?
>>214489266I'll never apologize because I never stopped believing in you.RLM are faggots and anyone who supports them or tells you to watch anything of their are trannies. And nobody respects the opinion of a fake bitch.
>>214485813Had the weirdest experience. On opening night, I loved it. Thought it was one of the top 3 films in the saga. Went back to watch it a second time, in a less crowded theater.....when Anakin was on the balcony talking to Padme about how much he was in love with her, I literally CURLED UP in my seat from second hand embarrassment. It was one of the most uncomfortable pieces of dialogue I ever had to sit though. I didn't even notice it on opening night because we were all high off the hype. Even the Yoda/Sidious fight didn't have nearly the same effect the second time around. I remember watching Yoda jump around like a retard and the very obvious CGI Sidious thinking how cheap it looked. The movie just did not age very well. I think the biggest thing that just ruins the entire movie is how Lucas completely botched the Vader turn. It was the DUMBEST logic ever. I remember a group of dudes sitting in front of me audibly yelling out "WHAT???" when Anakin just knelt down and said he'd do anything Palpatine wants.
>>214496783>The Force Awakens are just a an Episode 4 repeatSo is Return of the Jedi.
>>214486134
>>214485813I saw it opening night.
>>214505915Yeah, the way Anakin became Vader was so fucking stupid and unconvincing, it totally ruined the film on top of everything else. It just made no sense. He actually seemed more level headed at the beginning of Revenge of the Sith than he did in Attack of the Clones, then he just does a complete 180, but it isn't because of resentment or jealousy or hating the jedi. No, it's because he's trying to save his wife. It was a means to an end, meaning he had no real attachment to the dark side. Fucking RUINED the movie. I can't believe how fucking stupid it was. I also hated how goofy General Grievous and how the battle droids basically became pit droids with guns, but the way George Lucas butchered the most important part of that move is what really solidifies it as the worst film of the original saga for me. And I thought it was the best Star Wars movie when I first saw it in the theater, although I was eleven. I mean it's good in some ways, but narratively it's an absolute trainwreck.
>>214486214Same reason why Nostalgia Critic is still going, being the first people to make a career out of bitching about movies on YouTube gives you seniority.
>>214507636People are probably talking about guys on YT they don’t even watch anymore.
Even as a teen, I thought it was a mortifying disaster. And I liked attack of the clones
>adults getting excited over childrens movies
>>214486134>Fat Turd and Bearded autist youtube show for PlebbitHopefully that disgusting blob Stocklasa dies of a heart attack before George Lucas. Watch as everyone here celebrate the end of his worthless, grifter life and the conclusion of a terrible show for retards.
>>214485813People were burned by Episodes I and II so they were really hoping this one wouldn't be shit, and when it wasn't quite as shit as the others it got sucked off for being the best of the prequels. And all the advertising was crammed with Darth Vader which got plebs to go "Wow Darth Vader's in this, I recognise the Darth Vader!!"
>>214489266i wish we got to see YOUR sequel trilogy, based george. it would have been legendary.
>>214486134It's crazy prequelfags are still seething over those.
I remember not having seen Attack of the Clones and going to my local rental shop to ask if they had it. They didnt so I saw Revenge in the theatres without watching Clones. I also bought the silver box set with the original trilogy the day of (i think there was some kind of deal if you showed your ticket). Having seen Clones afterwards I didnt think it was necessary and is probably my least favourite (of the original six). I remember enjoying Sith but watching the original movies again the weekend after (having seen parts on tv) thinking they were much better. This was before I had internet btw so there was no filter or influence on my opinion. I actually remember the hype around Phantom Menace much better because i was buying the toys, games and books just for aesthetic reasons before seeing the movie. i think also subscribed to those Star Wars magazines having only seen Menace and parts of the original on television.
>>214485813>Bought the hype for Ep 1>Saw Ep 1 opening night>Total shit>Didn't ever watch 2 or 3Anyone else?
i was in high school when it came out, i liked it well enough, but my strongest memory from around its release is pic related. we used to say the mangled lines to each other all the time at school
>>214510191Most people.
>>214488690Unbeatable argument, spergs seethe in response
>>214489365That's the pattern of TPM
>>214486134No
>>214485813>The hype was so insane that it felt like a literal national holiday. There was no phenomenon like it since.No. The general public was already over the prequels by the time the movie came out, the only hype to be found was on playgrounds. That said the movie was better than audiences expected, or perhaps it would be right to say, less bad.
Reminder that AotC and RotS are tied for the fewest number of Academy Award nominations with Solo. TLJ and RoSW both beat them, lol.Anyone pretending the prequels were well received is delusional.
>>214510191>love Star Wars as a kid>have the special deluxe VHS edition from Costco or whatever>bought the hype>watch the movie>its shit>don't care about the action because no emotional connection to either the characters or the sides of the conflict>still watch Ep 2 in theaters high as fuck, even high as fuck it is still shit>wait to see Ep 3 on DVD at friend's house, laugh my ass off when Vader yells "nooooooo"
